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' SEEDING MAUHINE. Arnxouxon H'Lmg 'HAIL 13,3912.

' Patented" Nov..2,r1912.

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To all whom fit may. concern:

Be it known that I, SREN SRENsnN, 'a

'l I 'subject of the King yof Denmark, residing at vtWorland, in the'v county of Bighorn and Statev of Wyoming, have invented a new and 'useful vSeeding-Machine, Vof which the Jfolr lowing is a specification.

. 'Myiinvention'relates to seed planting machilies for small seeds of .any.kind, but is 1.04

especially intended; for planting Lbeet seed. i Heretofore beet seed hasusually been soWed broadcast, or at bestin continuous rows 'so by-removing i about-three-.fourths of the lants 'are'usually unfitfor rep-lantng there ls'that much Waste of seed besides 'the loss of ,time required to `do 'the so -called thinning The object ofthe invention'is to avoid.-

theloss of seed and time or labor just mentioned; also 'to further enlarge and improve the seeding machine described in my United States .Patent-No. 981,7 04, Awhich was granted to meon the 17th-day of January, 1911.

'And 'I attain said objects by the construction and combination of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a top or plan view oli-'my imroved seeder with portions of the hoppers roken avvay.- Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the machine shown in Fig. 1 with one of the 'supporting Wheels: removed and the lower portion of the dropping tube `shown in section.V Fig. 3 is a longitudinal centre1 section of the upper member 2S of one of seed dropping tubes and af portion of l.

'an an 'end View of the shaft and seed den Ei( is a. section on the linee-o 3 i shavfftifand; seed wheel in the upper end thereof. Fig. 5 isa detail top. View of one of the seed. dropping shutters "52 shown near the I 'bottom of Fig. 2, and a portion of the rod l Operating it. Y

Refer-rung to the drawingy by reference 5.0 numerals, l designates the main frame,

which is supported by a shaft or axle `2 and f twol supportlng Wheels 3X and 3 of which ,l the lat-ter has its hub formed with a clutch member 4, adapted to engage a clutch mem- A5.berl5, which is'formed on the huboof a Specification of Letters Eat-ent.

seed, hopper Vadjacentth'e upper end thereof4 livering viheel in the bottom 'of the hopper.

shaft and is normally held by a spring-"ir with said clutch members engaged, but the 8, engaged by an L-shaped lever 9, that is pivoted at to the framel and hasits inner, end disposed for engagement by -a radial arm 11 which is fixed on arock shaft 12.y 'ihe latter is journaled in bearings 13 on the traine and on 'it is fixed a hand lever 1/1, which straddles a toothed sector 16, that' is fixed on the frame and engaged'by a, dog 17, which is mounted to slide onthe lever and is held engaged with the sector by a spring 13, which acts on a finger lever-19; the latter -s pivoted on the hand lever and will diseng te the 'dog when operated by the 'fingers oi:l the hand' grasping the hand rear end of .the pole is ixed a 'support 23 for a seat (not shown). o

Mounted upon the frame-are two seed hoppers 241, 24% which, together with several other parts relating thereto, being the same in. the right andthe left half of the Y :eaten/meeuw.. 2o, i912. l Application `iled March 18, 5.912. Serial Die. 84,522. i y

inner .end of the hub has an annular groove.

so* n'iechine and supporting thepole. Upon the machine need only be'described in one `sideand the corresponding parts in the other side will be gnated by the saure numerals :e et r a j as an exponent.

opening in the bottom ofthe.

etes a wheel 26, having several vs o poel'ets 27 by which feed Y (see Fig. from the hopper is in to a seed 4conveying tube,whioh is a posed of an upper member 28, and a lower member 23' stifling loosely on the upper member; ae best shown in Fig. 2, the upper member -is supported by a Shaft 29, on which the .seed 'Wheel 26 is rlixed so as to rotate and slide lWith the shaft. Said shaft. is journaled across the frame and has one end slidably inserted in a long hub 29 of -a suroeltet saidv hub rotates in a sleeve 31 ,105

ltey that is fixed .in the hub.V 0n 110 tending. from a bar 38, that is slidable ina transversehole in the pole and is adjustably held in said hole byl a 'set screw 39. The

Sliding bar 88 may have a handle 40,-a'nd.A

graduation marks 41, each of which when moved closel to the polewill cause the shifter` to move theishaft 29 and thereby the seed Wheel with one of its circles of packets into idle position beyond the-awning' in the hopvper bottom.

v J ournaled across the front end of the franze is a shaft 42, one end of which extends beyond the frame and has secured 'upon it by a set screw 42."aJ cone composed of dif-- ferently 'sized sprockets 43, 44, 4,5 either of which by means of the set screw maybe m0Te l-.11.telue"2vth operated by a link belt 46, which driven by' the sprocket -6 EOIl-e the s .rocket 30. In order to mehr@ Seid lilik be t fit and operate the sev- @ral sprockets/43, 44, 45, I provide it with ya -stretcherpulley or idler 46X, which Yis mouille.

edo'n a support 47, that is pivotedfatf48 to the framev and. has a segmental' slotted arm 49, through which passes into the frame a ,Sereni 50. by lwhich the support may be clamped againstg the framel and thus hold the stretcher pulley in .anyv desired adjustedv position.

Journaled on the lshaft 42 are the front ends of two furrow opening runners' 51, 51e,

each of which carries upon its ifea-r ,end the `lower member 28* of the seelfdropping tube.

` of the runner is placed a spring 62, which acts against the ree?- Qlld of they shutter to hold' it normally shut.

The lower section 28"- of the seed tube is guided between two fiat bars 63 said bars having a bolt 64 passedithrough them and through vertically slotted lugs 65 on the tube section. Between the rear ends.l said bars is journaled on a bolt (iti a. Wheel 67 V which serves to close the furrow and thus cover the deposited seed. The front half 01' S0 0f Sil leurs` are spreadto a bracing PQSQE and have their front ends journaled en' the shaft 42 between collars 68.

The' tube section 28x is also provided with another lug 69, (see Fig. 2) from which eX;-

tends upwardly a rod 70 eneireied by a partly compressed spring` 71 and having near its upper end a series of holes 72 and a pin 73 S, movable-into either of said holes.

. Between 'said pin andl the top of the spring is a slidable collar 74, which is t-runnioned inthe forked arm 21.

In the operation of themachine the hoppers 24, 24a are supplied with seed andl according to the sise of the seed and the' nuln- 'n ber ofseeds to he planted in each l1ill,the

seed wheels 26, 26a are adjusted with many er few rows of their seed pockets into the bottoni openings of the hoppers,` said ad-l-- justment being made by the shifter 37 and observed at the graduationy mark 41. The

distance between the hills in each row planted is determined by the size of the sprockets i3, 44, 45 on which the link bolt 46 is placed,

the runners 51, 51a are then loweredintothe ground by swinging thelever 14 forward;

said motion of the lever also acting through the arm 11 and shifter 9 ermitting the spring 7 to move. the sproc (et 6 with its4 clutch nember slight-.ly outward and thus into engagement. with the clutch member-4 l .of the ground wheel 3. As the' machine is thendrawn forward seeds willvbe dropped v vdoffwnlithe seed tubes and accumulated upon the shutters, as shown at 75 in Fig. 2, until the shutters are pulled open by the rods '54,

'54@ and other mechanism, as described, whenthe charge of seed on each shutterwill be deposited in the shallowfurrow' opened by the runner Vand after the open rear ends 76 of the runners. have moved. forward away frein the seed, the wheels 67, 67a' close thefurrows and leave the seeds planted' in spaced hills in each row or many rows 'as there are runners.

If during the operation thev runners" and the wheels 67. 671 pass over uneven ground the springs 71, 71a will yield without swinging the arms 21, 21a or the-hand lever 14, The Y* depth of the furrows vis regulated bythe bolts 64, 64, it being understoodv that the hars 63, 63 are at all times during operation supported by the wheels 67, 67a, and by 'the shaft 42 and the pole, which is supported by the draft animals and by the main wheels 3, 3", so that vertical adjustment of the bolts 64, 64a will change the depthA of the runners in the ground. llVhen themachine is to be driven idle the hand lever 14 is thrown rear Walid until the rods 70,70a lift the runners end the wheels 67, 67a above the' ground, and

the arm 11 acting on the shifter 9 vthrows the sprocket 6 out of clutch with the ground iisl wheel 3, and the machine, rides only on the large supporting wheels with itsfront end l supported'by the pole and the draft animals.-

Vlhatl I claim isz` 1. In a planting machine, the combination with a main frame, of a shaft supporting v the shaft, a plurality of seed hoppersmountfed on the frame-and having each anf'aperA-n'" vthe same, a supporting wheel at each endo'fm'- ture in its bottom, av shaft' journaled vacross` the frame near below the apertures, a secflji feeding wheel lixedfon the shaft :ad-jaennteach aperture and having each a series-ofperiphercal rows of seed pockets, means for adjusting' the shaftlongitudinally so as to l bring few or many of the rows 'of pockets beyond each aperture, a bearingv on the frame, a sprocket wheel having yits hub journaled in the bearing, said shaft having one end slidably keyed in said hub, a sprocket,

' journaled on the supporting shaft, clutch connection between the-latter sprocket and the adjacent supporting wheel, a link belt connecting said' two sprockets, furrow-opening runners pivotally connected with their front ends'in the forward end of the frame and having each at` its rear end an upwardly disposed tubular portion forming the lower section of a seed conveying tube, -an upper tube `section loosely suspended intosaid lower section and having its upper end piv-v otally connected with the shaft havingv the seed feeding wheels; furrow closing wheels arranged one rearward of each runner, a

y hand lever mounted on the frame, means for holding the hand lever different positions, operativeconnection between the hand lever and the runners and the furrow' closingwheels lto raise them above ,the ground, and 1r. cans-whereby the hand lever disengages the clutch from theA supporting wheel the moment the runners are raised from lthel ground; a, slidable `spring-pressed shutter I closing the tubular portion of each runner a bell-crank levermounted near the front end of each runner and having one arm connected with the shutter rearwardtthereof, a`

front shaftjourn'aled across the'front p0rv tionl of the frame, radial arms xedv on the shaft and arranged to actuate the other arm of t e bell-crank lever when the shaft rotates, a series of sprockets of different sizes adjustably secured on said shaft, said link 40 belt extending over one of said sprockets in vthe series and being long enough toengagev either of them, an adjustable belt stretcher arranged on the frame for holding the link belt stretched when it is placed on any of the smaller sprockets in the series.

2. In aplanting ma-chine,the combination vwith the' main frame, of a shaft supporting the same, a supporting'wheel at each end of the shaft, a plurality of seed hoppeL'S mount-` ed on the frame and 4having each an aperture -in its bottom, a: shaft journaled across the frame n ear below the' apertures, a seed feeding Awheel fixed on the shaft adjacent each aperture and having each a vseries-of peripherical rows of seed pockets, means for adjusting the shaft longitudinally so as tobring few or many of the rows of pockets beyond each aperture, a bearing on the frame, a sprocket wheel having its hub our- -naled -in the bearing,l said shaft having one end slidably vkeyed in said hub, a sprocket journaled on the supporting shaft, clutch connection between the latter sprocket and y vthe `adjacent support-ing wheel, a link belt connecting said two sprockets, furrowopen ing runners pivotally connected with their front ends in the forward end of the frame and having each at its rear end an upwardly. v

disposed tubular portion forming the lower section of a seed conveying tube, v an upper tubev section loosely suspended into said lower section and havingitsupper end pivotally connected with the shaft having the seed feeding wheels; furrow closing wheels arranged one rearward of each runner, a

Ahand lever mounted on thev frame, means for holding 'the hand lever in di'erent positions, operative connection between the hand lever andthe runners and the 'furrow closing wheels to raise them above the ground., and means wherebylt-he hand lever disengages the clutch from the supportin wheel the moment the runners vare raise from the ground, a slidable springpressed shutter lclosing the tubular portion of each runner,

a bell-crank lever mounted near the 'front end of each runner and having one arm `conl nected with the shutter rearward thereof, a

front shaft journaled across the front portion of the. frame, radial arms-fixed on the shaft and arranged to a'ctuate the other arm of thel bell-crank .lever 'when the shaft rotates, a seriesof sprockets-@different l'sizes adjustably secured lon said shaft; said link f belt extending over one ofv said sprockets in the series and being long enough to engage either of them, an adjustableI belt 'stftcher arranged on the frame for holding` the link .belt stretched when it is placed Von any ofthe smaller sprockets inthe-series, said front shaft extending through the front'ends of the runners; collars screw fastened on the front shaft, fiat bars journaied 'with 4their front ends on the shaft between the collars.

and'converging in'pairs rearwardly to the sides of the tubular portion of the runner,

vertically adjustable means` securing the' bars to ,the sides of said tubular portion,

said bars vextendir'rg also rearward c of .thej

runner and'having the furrow closing wheel Journaled between their rearends.v f

In testimony whereof I aflix my signall l ture, in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

J. R. -SHANNAN, B. S'. LAN'DRUM.

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